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- From: wesf@boi.hp.com (Wes Fujii)
- Subject: Re: Subject: Radial tires on old car
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:20:30 GMT
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- Terry Quinn (tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu) wrote:
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- : Be sure to change all 4, or if only two, put the radials on the
- : rear axle only. This is because radials have a steeper corning
- : force / slip angle curve, and putting radials on the front and
- : bias on the rear can cause the car to oversteer excessively (spin
- : out).
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- Putting radials on the rear and bias on the front can do just as
- badly. Because of the sidewall flexing, it would be like driving
- a forklift (rear steering) at a high rate of speed. Bottom line:
- DO NOT MIX RADIALS AND BIAS PLY TIRES!
-
- Wes Fujii
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